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Malaysian Bulk Carriers gets coal COA

Malaysian Bulk Carriers (MBC) has won a 15-year contract of affrieghtment (COA) worth RM563m ($143.5m) from compatriot company TNB Fuel Services for the transport of around 1.5m tonnes of steam coal per year to Malaysia.

The COA will employ MBC’s owned post-panamax bulk carriers on a consecutive voyage charter basis, MBC said today.

The contract period is scheduled to commence on September 1 and run until August 31, 2031.

MBC, which is listed on Malaysia’s Bursa exchange, owns four 81,700-dwt post-panamax bulk carriers and has another on charter, plus smaller bulkers and product tankers.

Holly Birkett

Holly is Splash's Online Editor and correspondent for the UK and Mediterranean. She has been a maritime journalist since 2010, and has written for and edited several trade publications. She is currently studying for membership of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. In 2013, Holly won the Seahorse Club's Social Media Journalist of the Year award. She is currently based in London.
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